Detachable pump and slipper retainer



Jan. 1o, 1938.

D. A. sNEEsToN DETACHABLE PUMP AND SLIPPER RETAINER Filed Dec. 8. 1926Patented Jan. 1 0, 1 928.

PATENT OFFICE.

DOROTHY A. SNEESTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DETACHABLE PUMP AND SLIPPER RETAINER.

Application led December 8, 1926.

My invention relates to that type ont attachments for retaining articlesot 'footwear upon the 'feet wherein a detachable heel band supportedacross the bridge of the foot carries intermediate its length atransversely disposed band adapted to extend substantially vertically soas to engage beneath the shank of the slipper.

The essential objects of my invention are to enable the employmentl o'l'narrow width material in the heel band; to prevent the curling andwarping of said material; to conceal the attaching ends of the shankcngaging band; and to increase the efficiency ot heel strap fasteningmeans,and to attain these ends in a sightly, inexpensive, and easilymanipulated structure.

To the above ends essentiallyv my invention consists in such parts andin such combinations of parts as fall within the scope ot the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings which 'form a part of this specilication-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my rctain ing device attached to aslipper,

Figure 2, a perspective view of the .device detached, and n Figures 3and 4t, sections of the same taken on lines 3 8 ot Figure 1, and 4 4 offFigure 2 respectively.

Like reference characters indicate parts throughout the vieWs.

In detail my retaining device includes a like narrow strap 7 havingattaching end portions 9 and 10, and comprises an outer flexible strip12 of sude kid or other suitable material overlaying a ilexible liningstrip 13 of similar or other like material of equal width and connectedby lines of stitches 14 in their margins. `This strap constitutes theheelband.

The band 1G7 preferably of elastic fabric7 is diagonally andtransversely disposed relatively to heel band 7 and has its endsinserted between the strips or layers 12 and 13 Where they are fixed bythe stitches 14 Serial No. 153,273.

supplemented by longitudinally vdisposed lines of stitches 18. In theend oi the longer attaching portion l() oi' the band is formed abuttonhole 20. In the portion 9 of the band, near its end is a threadedloop 21 engaging an eye 22 in a rounded head 23, constituting a buttonsimilar to a shoe button. This is adapted to register in the buttonhole20.

In Figure 1 is shown a foot Q5 seated in a slipper 26 having the usualheel Q7 and instep 28. The band 7 embraces the heel 27 or back of theshoe, and band 16 embraces the shank. Then the band ends 9 and 10 arebuttoned across the arch o'l the ieoot the back of the shoe is heldtightly and comfortably in place. Y

It will be observed that the presence ot the lining strip 13 preventswarping of the band 7; that the ends of the band 16 are concealed, andare prevented from abrading the slipper, by their location between thestrips 12 and 13; and that the employmentof a button and buttonhole toengage the parts insures the'band ends against accidental slippage. A

It is deemed important that the band 16 be so disposed relatively to theband 7 that, in use, it shall extend substantially vertically.

As an improved article ot manufacture a retainer for pumps and slipperscomprising a strap to encircle the toot and to engage the heel 'andankle, means 'tor detachably connecting the ends of said strap, and anelastic band having its ends attached to said strap and extendingsubstantially from the mid length thereof and angularly related theretoand constructed and arranged when in use to assume a substantiallyvertical position at the breast of the heel.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

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